[ Perhaps, but are there any limits to Elvish ingenuity? And if an Elf can consider how to steal a lockbox from the depths of the ocean, may not there be others in Arda who might be thinking of it also? Oh, dread! ]

[ But he has to laugh at Maglor's memory of little Curvo's explorations. ] I remember. Father's gems were so beautiful, so colorful, and so interestingly faceted that I just had to experience them by popping them into my mouth. Did you know that the tongue is the most sensitive and spatially-oriented organ of touch, surpassing even the fingers? I was making a touch-and-taste map of each of those jewels!

Good thing I concluded they were not candy! [ Little Elves are too smart to swallow things that might be dangerous to their digestive tracts, fortunately. ]